So good to see the drought easing.
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This is how I remember it growing up, and it hasnt done this in what 8 years?
quote:Growing up in Fort Worth (born in 1987) I don't really everremember it raining very much. Seemed like from about June to August it just didn't rain. I live in Pearland now and I'm still not used to the random rain
Try 20. This stuff started in about 1995 in North Texas. We've had a few wet years, but have overall been abnormally hot and dry for most of it.
quote:I drive 377 over the far eastern end fairly often. Been dry under that bridge for a couple of years now. Was there last shift and the water looked to be knee deep or more in the channel. It was a lovely sight!
Ray Roberts is up nearly 4' on the year, almost 2 of that since yesterday. Up 6' in all from its 2014 low. Hasn't been this full since 2013 and I suspect after the runoff and next wave it'll be 2012 since it was this full. Beautiful sight.
quote:Sounds about right, about that time I took my annual pilgrimage out west and was absolutely amazed at how green and lush everything was. In 46 years I had never seen that country that green.
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it June / July of 2007 when the majority of lakes in Texas were closed due to flooding?
I also believe that was the same year, Texas' drought status from the previous years was lifted.
quote:If it was supposed to be Buckanon, why did they spell it Buchanan? Sounds like they brought that trouble on themselves.
THIS IS RELATED:
It really bothers me that people pronounce Buchanan as "bew-canon' instead of "BUCK-anon" like it's supposed to be.
quote:Cold. Free.quote:Meh, terrible micro-brews.quote:Rahr & Sons.
better be non-import beer
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I found a neat website today. You can see historical data for most of the lakes/reservoirs/rivers in Texas. I can't remember which lake I was looking at, but you can even see when they decided to raise the lake level/area, or at least that's what I assume it was because the level randomly doubled one year.
http://www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide
Edit: It was Canyon Lake. Anyone from there know if they indeed raised the level or expanded it in the late 60's?
quote:My favorite flavorquote:Cold. Free.quote:Meh, terrible micro-brews.quote:Rahr & Sons.
better be non-import beer
quote:Don't think so. Certainly not enough to get the creeks moving.
Lots of rain in Houston. Anyone know if Mason county is getting any of this rain? LCRA doesn't show levels rising much there.
quote:Right, but if you look at the graph, you can see that for much of its first 10 years it was one level, and then it suddenly doubled. I just thought it would be an interesting historical anecdote to know.quote:
I found a neat website today. You can see historical data for most of the lakes/reservoirs/rivers in Texas. I can't remember which lake I was looking at, but you can even see when they decided to raise the lake level/area, or at least that's what I assume it was because the level randomly doubled one year.
http://www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide
Edit: It was Canyon Lake. Anyone from there know if they indeed raised the level or expanded it in the late 60's?
Canyon lake was built in the late 50s early 60s
quote:Wrong. I'm a born and bred in SW Austin (Oak Hill before Austin swallowed it up) idiot.quote:The idiots in south ATX call it 'Manshack'.
I pronounce it 'Manchaca'
quote:In 2007 we experienced very heavy rainfall due to "cut off" low pressure systems. They would hang out in west Texas and send wave after wave of instability and rainfall over the state.
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it June / July of 2007 when the majority of lakes in Texas were closed due to flooding?
I also believe that was the same year, Texas' drought status from the previous years was lifted.
quote:Yeah that was the year Fox News showed up at I35 in San Marcos to show the high water mark on the bridge.quote:In 2007 we experienced very heavy rainfall due to "cut off" low pressure systems. They would hang out in west Texas and send wave after wave of instability and rainfall over the state.
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it June / July of 2007 when the majority of lakes in Texas were closed due to flooding?
I also believe that was the same year, Texas' drought status from the previous years was lifted.
We had moved to San Marcos in 2006 from Houston so to say I was surprised at the amount of rainfall in the hill country in 2007 was an understatement.
Here are the rainfall totals for the spring and summer of 2007:
January 9.25"
February 0.10"
March 7.80"
April 4.20"
May 8.40"
June 5.00"
July 20.60"
August 3.00"
Total 58.35"